2015-2016 Virginia Commonwealth University Application Thread

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Reapplication right away means cramming for the MCAT because mine will
Be 4 years and too old
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jammi24 said:
Reapplication right away means cramming for the MCAT because mine will
Be 4 years and too old
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I feel ya there. I took mine in 2013 but I still feel like I should retake. I'm retaking in June.
 
bisonbison said:
I feel ya there. I took mine in 2013 but I still feel like I should retake. I'm retaking in June.
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Same, mine is from 2013. But just started studying so probably looking at a September date ugh
 
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bisonbison said:
I spoke with a friend of mine that is IS and has applied before. He got in this cycle in October. He basically told me to not hold my breath for WL movement IS and to just prepare for reapplication. So, that's what I'm doing!
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Current MS2a here. Both the IS and OOS WL's are moving, but movement has historically slowed down around June 1st. If you haven't been accepted anywhere by now, you should be making plans to strengthen your app/reapply.
 
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ffxfreak13 said:
Current MS2a here. Both the IS and OOS WL's are moving, but movement has historically slowed down around June 1st. If you haven't been accepted anywhere by now, you should be making plans to strengthen your app/reapply.
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That's the plan! How do you know that the WLs are moving? Curious :)
 
bisonbison said:
I spoke with a friend of mine that is IS and has applied before. He got in this cycle in October. He basically told me to not hold my breath for WL movement IS and to just prepare for reapplication. So, that's what I'm doing!
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Been doing this all along, PS and what not is coming along nicely!! Need more readers though!
 
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ffxfreak13 said:
Current MS2a here. Both the IS and OOS WL's are moving, but movement has historically slowed down around June 1st. If you haven't been accepted anywhere by now, you should be making plans to strengthen your app/reapply.
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Yup! Hopefully have better luck next cycle with all of my app improvements!
 
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Also accepted off the waitlist yesterday! OOS, first and only acceptance. Shocked and so so grateful.
 
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I'm guessing the third wave of acceptances will hit two weeks from yesterday?
 
It would be great if Virginia had an MD school that gave preferential treatment to their own applicants. I suppose MCV's main priority is raking in the OOS $$$ for new buildings and such. Can't say I entirely blame them.
 
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phantomlimb said:
Notified by the typical "status change" email, then had a new portal message waiting. I didn't always receive the email notifications so I would definitely periodically check your portal!
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Congrats!! What are your stats if you don't mind? And EC-wise were you super strong?
 
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Fart Salad said:
It would be great if Virginia had an MD school that gave preferential treatment to their own applicants. I suppose MCV's main priority is raking in the OOS $$$ for new buildings and such. Can't say I entirely blame them.
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They be tripping of them expensive fart salads..
 
Fart Salad said:
It would be great if Virginia had an MD school that gave preferential treatment to their own applicants. I suppose MCV's main priority is raking in the OOS $$$ for new buildings and such. Can't say I entirely blame them.
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Virginia literally has 4 med schools, 3 of which give hard preference to VA residents according to MSAR numbers
 
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Don't give up yet guys, just have a back up plan. Dont give up on going to med school even if u dont get in. Don't make all that hard work seem meaningless. This is what we wanna do...and we will do it until we break our bones!!!!
 
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eradicator said:
Don't give up yet guys, just have a back up plan. Dont give up on going to med school even if u dont get in. Don't make all that hard work seem meaningless. This is what we wanna do...and we will do it until we break our bones!!!!
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I'd rather not break my bones though
 
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GoldandBlue said:
EVMS IS apps: 1000
EVMS OOS apps: 5600

VCU IS apps: 1150
VCU OOS apps: 7500

For those schools to end up with 50/50 matriculation, I'd say there's a heavy IS bias
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That is why I was honored to receive an OOS interview but would love an acceptance!
 
jammi24 said:
Congrats!! What are your stats if you don't mind? And EC-wise were you super strong?
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high gpa, mediocre mcat, nontrad, plenty of interesting work experience/ECs
 
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GoldandBlue said:
Virginia literally has 4 med schools, 3 of which give hard preference to VA residents according to MSAR numbers
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That is not false, however it's sort of biased when you consider OOS turnover. I think I was considering it in contrast to several state schools that give overwhelming preference to training physicians from their state or geographic area.
 
A little late but, I was accepted off the waitlist on 5/17/16. Received a status update email at ~6:36 pm. Then checked on portal to confirm.

Secondary: Received July. Completed within 2 weeks.
Interview Invite: October.
Interviewed: Nov-December.

OOS. LizzyM ~66 (High GPA, Low MCAT). New MCAT. Non-URM. Took a gap year and then applied the next year. Lots of clinical experience with different certifications. Publications. Leadership experience. Mostly health-related volunteering. I think what helped me the most was I related my background/goals with my current experiences and my motivation. I had a unique story and my activities/experiences aren't really "cookie-cutters". People that wrote my LOR knew me well and could vouch for each experience along with my academic ability.

Was lucky to get a good interviewer that genuinely seemed interested in me. It took me a few real medical school interviews to learn to actually have a "conversation". It's a skill that you have to learn. My LizzyM is on the low side so it's proof that VCU really does look at the "whole picture".

I know at least one IS person that got accepted on 5/17/16, so there was "some" IS movement. Good luck to those that are waiting! Keep on pushing forward regardless how this cycle turns out! The moment you receive your acceptance, it makes all your all-nighters and sacrifices worth it! Best feeling in the world.
 
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Accepted off of the wait-list on May 3rd.
OOS
Withdrew. Hope my spot goes to one of you!
 
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phantomlimb said:
No problem! LizzyM ~69 (high gpa/mediocre mcat), plenty of interesting work experience/ECs but a lot non medical because I'm a career changer several years out of school.
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Your app sounds remarkably similar to mine...not sure whether to be optimistic (yay! they're accepting people like me!) or fatalistic (they already accepted people like me, so I must have been passed over.) It's hard not to be a little neurotic in this process. :p

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I'm guessing next Tuesday is when more offers will go out? I've only seen withdrawals recently.
 
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Aubrey Graham said:
Yup! That is marked on my calendar lol
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I will be wishing luck to the both of us on that day then. Thankfully it looks like the OOS WL moves alot and we won't necessarily have to bank our hopes on next Tuesday.
 
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Does VCU accept letter of Intent or any communication after waitlist?
 
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Does VCU accept letter of Intent or any communication after waitlist?
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I think so - at least update letters. Their website says no to letters of interest, so I would imagine no to letters of intent (but that is speculation).

Off their website:
"Does VCU accept update letters to applications for admission?
The only updates that we accept are grades from courses that were completed after an application was submitted and academic publication material that was published after an application was submitted. We do not accept letters of interest."

http://www.medschool.vcu.edu/admissions/md/faq/#Update_Letters
 
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happy_camper said:
I think so - at least update letters. Their website says no to letters of interest, so I would imagine no to letters of intent (but that is speculation).

Off their website:
"Does VCU accept update letters to applications for admission?
The only updates that we accept are grades from courses that were completed after an application was submitted and academic publication material that was published after an application was submitted. We do not accept letters of interest."

http://www.medschool.vcu.edu/admissions/md/faq/#Update_Letters
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Thanks!
 
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I'm guessing next Tuesday is when more offers will go out? I've only seen withdrawals recently.
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Do you mean this coming Tuesday, or a week from now? I wasn't sure if the holiday would mess up the schedule.

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golfman7 said:
I'm guessing next Tuesday is when more offers will go out? I've only seen withdrawals recently.
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Do you mean this coming Tuesday, or a week from now? I wasn't sure if the holiday would mess up the schedule.

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nairopil said:
Do you mean this coming Tuesday, or a week from now? I wasn't sure if the holiday would mess up the schedule.

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I'm guessing it may be this Wednesday or Thursday due to the holiday. It looks like they have been making offers every couple of weeks so I'm assuming they will make more this week.
 
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Called to try to get an appointment with someone to talk about my app before I reapply... and nobody is available until (they think) July... What is the point of that if that's after I can submit? Just gimme five minutes :(
 
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